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Crystal Palace have gone into administration and an automatic ten-point deduction is expected to be confirmed by the Football League within 24 hours.

The deduction will effectively end any chance of Neil Warnock’s team challenging for the play-offs and instead leave them hovering uncomfortably above the bottom three of the Coca-Cola Championship.

Palace were known to have financial problems. They have debts estimated at £30 million, have paid players late this season and were due to face a hearing into a winding-up petition from Revenue & Customs today. Even so, the timing of the decision came as a surprise to